KJ- 



JUN 8 1893 



JOURNAL 



OF THE 



Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 



STATISTICS OF THE MINERAL PRODUCTS OF 

 NORTH CAROLINA FOR 1892. 



BY H. B. C. NITZE. 



The difficulties atteiidintr the collection of exact statis- 

 tics of the x'arious mineral productions are very great, 

 often insurmountable; and especially difficult to obtain are 

 those of the gold, corundum and mica mines, which form 

 the greater part of North Carolina's mining industry. 



The following statistics have been collected from the 

 most reliable sources available, under the direction of the 

 North Carolina Geological Survey^ and although often 

 lacking in detail they will serve to show very nearly what 

 the mineral production of the State has been for the past 

 \'ear. 



Of the metallic products gold and iron stand alone. 

 Under the list of non-metallic products we have iron ore, 

 copper ore, bituminous coal, corundum, mica, talc and 

 kaolin. 



GOLD. 



During 1892 there were fifty-six gold mines, distributed 

 over eighteen different counties, in operation in the State. 

 Of these, fifteen were placer and forty-one vein workings. 



